Apparatus for manufacturing ice.



R. J. BBRRYMAN. APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ICE. APIPLIGATION FILED JAN. 22, 1912.

1,039,018. Patented Sept. 17,1912.

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.3. Eli FY0352 MANUFACTURING ICE.

action of Ttct'izei's Patent.

Patented Sept. '2', i912.

. 73113. C-ciilll No. 672,876.

.Ti'h all wllrmz may or Be it known that l, lionnn'r J. Bahamian, acitizen of the t 'ni ted States, residing at Annapolis, in county-ct Anne .llrundel and State oi: Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Appara go ,at any time.

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in the accompanying drawings :--Figure 1 is a plan view showing the arrangement of myin1proved apparatus, Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional view, Fig. 3 is r a modification. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail in perspective showing plug 2 in the form of a truncated pyramid. 'j

A, represents amain distribution pipe. This pipe is preferably located between two rows of cans, and, at points between the cans, screw-threaded orifices 1, l, are formed in the upper surface of the pipe. A hollow plug 2 1s tapped into each orifice.

The outer ends of these plugs are preferably ,1,

of truncated :coneshape, their outer surfaces being ground smooth; and. air jets 3, 3, extend from the bore t to the surface in A cap 5 is. counterbored to fit the truncated cone of the plug, and oppositely extended Y screw-threaded holes 6, 6, are formed in this cap, these holes extending through to the bore. L-shaped discharge pipes 7, 7, the upper ends of which threaded, screwed into these holes, and their lower ends are open for the discharge of air into the water in. the cans, the l.-shaped pipes being sufiiciently long to reach well into the cans, and the weight and the friction of the device being Sullicient to overcome the air pressure, whereby the cap when forced securely upon the can remains seated there so that the air from. the pipe A passes out in jets in opposite di rections into the discharge pipes '7, 7, into the water for agitating the same during the process of: freezing. In this way, the is uniformly distributed in the desired quantity. When it is desired to remove the device, the main air pipe remains stationary, and it is simply necessary to lift out the cap and nozzles to be replaced when the fresh cans of water are put in place. This avoidsthe. necessity of disturbing the-pipe 'or pipes A which remain stationary, and in a position midway between the rows of cans in which the ce is being or to be formed, so that the removal and replacement of the nozzles is'a very simple operation while at the same time eflectual in the performance of the function required.

To provide for the contingenc of the discharge pipes 7, "I, becoming rozen solid in the icc,-I have a plan of dismembering these pipesas illustrated in Fig. 3, in which they are made in sections. A convenient method of doing this is to employ a. T 10 at the angles between the horizontal and the vertical. members of the discharge pipes, and to screw plugs 11, 11, into the upper open ends in order to close them, and con.- nect thel'h to the horizontal portion of the discharge pipe by means of unions 12, 12. In this way, the intermediate horizontal portion together with the cap may be removed and the vertical portions thawed from the ice at any time, if required.

It might be added that in lieu of air, ozone could be used for both agitating. the water and destroying any bacteria.

I More or less slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the several parts described without departure from the spirit and scope of my invention, andhence it do not wish to be limited to the exact construction herein set forth, but 2- Having fully describedmy invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

'1. In apparatus for manufacturing ice, the combination with a pipe, cone plugs secured therein, and having outwardly-etending orifices which communicate with said pipe, and a cap fitted to the'cone and hav- 'ing openings opposite/the orifices in the cone, and nozzles at these openings for the dis'charge and distribution of the-air.

2. In apparatus for manufacturing ice, the combination with a mainiwater and hollow-cone-shaped plug secured therepipe in and having orifices extending from the In testimoriy whereof I afiix my signs I bore to the surface of the lug, of a cap ture; in the presence of twe witnesses.

fitted to the cone and provi ed with openings at points opposite the orifices, and L- ROBERT JAMES BERRYMAN" 'shaped nozzles or discharge pipes secured Witnesses:

in the openings for the discharge and dis- M. E. Bonn, tribiition 0f the air. S. M. M. CORY. 

